The saying goes: “Reach for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”. Imagine your business full of teams with the confidence and belief to stretch themselves with every challenge, and managers who encourage them to aim high.

Over the years I’ve observed, and experienced firsthand, that managers looking for success fixate on skills that need to be developed and gaps that need to be filled. Why do we spend time focussing on the bits that are broken, rather than the bits that already work? Might we actually get the best out of our people by reinforcing what they’re good at? The book “Now Discover Your Strengths” by Marcus Buckingham breaks this mindset and encourages managers and organisations to launch the Strength Revolution. That’s about starting with positive assumptions about your people, believing that each person’s talents are enduring and unique and understanding that each person has room for growth in their areas of strength. This positivity becomes the foundation for everything managers do with, and for, their people and the key to creating high performing teams. I love this way of thinking and so does TakeON! What part can you play in showing your team the stars? What would a high performing team look like for you?